Coffee Tips

Turn tips into a coffee menu

Skip the plain "enter an amount" box. Supporters pick a drink — Espresso, Latte, Cappuccino — leave a message and a GIF, and show up in a public feed with their real photo pulled straight from X. All on your own payrequest.me page.

Claim your page See the payrequest.me page

Ready-made drinks

Link to share

Fee, capped at €25

The menu

A real drinks menu, not a text box

Eight ready-made drinks, each with a fixed price and a hand-drawn cup icon. Pick which ones to offer — there's no free-text pricing, so the menu stays simple and consistent for supporters.

Espresso

Americano

Cappuccino

Latte

Mocha

Iced Coffee

Hot Chocolate

Coffee

Walkthrough

From plain donation box to coffee menu in four steps

Coffee Tips is a style switch inside Donation Mode — your avatar, tagline, and accent color stay exactly as they are.

Switch to Donation mode

Open PayRequest Page from your dashboard and click the Donation goal tab.

Choose the Coffee style

Switch from Generic to Coffee Tips — your goal card and feed switch to coffee-themed wording automatically.

Build your drinks menu

Add or remove drinks from the fixed catalog. There's always at least one on the menu.

Save and share

Your page at payrequest.me/yourhandle now shows the drinks menu instead of a plain amount field.

Everything included

Everything a tip jar needs to feel alive

Coffee Tips builds on Donation Mode's goal, progress bar, and feed — with a few things that make it feel like a community instead of a form.

Donor messages & GIFs

Supporters leave a short thank-you note and pick a GIF to go with it, straight from a built-in GIF search.

Automatic X profile pictures

Paste an X (Twitter) link and PayRequest pulls the real photo, display name, and verified badge automatically — no upload needed.

Privacy by default-on

Supporters can stay anonymous, but by default their message, GIF, and social link show publicly — most people want the shoutout.

Monthly or one-time goals

Same as Donation Mode: pick a target and choose Monthly (auto-resets on the 1st) or One-time.

16 platforms show an avatar

Instagram, TikTok, GitHub, YouTube, Twitch, Discord, Telegram, and more all show a profile picture automatically — X is the only one that also shows the name and verified badge.

Powered by your own payment methods

Stripe, Mollie, or PayPal — the same providers and 20+ payment methods as the rest of PayRequest.

Comparison

How it compares to Buy Me a Coffee

The same casual, drink-by-drink tipping experience — without the platform cut or the follower model.

Feature	PayRequest	Buy Me a Coffee
Platform fee	2%, capped at €25	5% flat
Your own branded page	Yes — logo, color, domain	Limited customization
Donor GIFs	Built-in GIF search	Not available
Auto profile photo from X	Yes, with verified badge	Not available
Combine with invoices, products, bookings	Yes, same page	Separate tools needed

See a full breakdown on our Buy Me a Coffee alternative comparison.

Who uses Coffee Tips

Built for casual, recurring support

Coffee Tips works anywhere a plain "donate" button feels too formal.

Streamers taking tips mid-stream

Open-source maintainers covering hosting costs

Newsletter writers accepting reader support

Podcasters funding editing and hosting

Indie developers with a Discord community

YouTubers between sponsorship deals

Artists sharing free work who still want tips

Community server owners covering VPS bills

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can I set my own drink names and prices?+

Not yet — drinks come from a fixed catalog (name, price, and cup icon are pre-set) so the menu stays simple and consistent for supporters. You choose which of the 8 drinks to offer, not their price.

Do supporters need an X account to tip?+

No. The social link is entirely optional. Without one, supporters just type a name (or leave it blank for Anonymous) and their message and GIF still appear normally, just without a profile photo or verified badge.

Can a supporter hide their message but still appear in the feed?+

Yes. Unchecking the visibility option keeps their name, drink, and amount in the feed but hides the message, GIF, and social link — a middle ground between fully public and fully anonymous.

Can I switch from Coffee style back to a plain donation ask?+

Yes, at any time from the same Donation style toggle. Your goal amount, reset period, and past tips all stay exactly as they are — only the wording and drinks menu change.

Which social platforms show an avatar automatically?+

X, Instagram, TikTok, GitHub, YouTube, Twitch, Discord, Telegram, Snapchat, Spotify, WhatsApp, Facebook, Reddit, SoundCloud, Substack, and Pinterest. X is the only one that also shows the real display name and verified badge.